English
Leeds and Sunderland played an exciting match at Elland Road, culminating in a 2-1 victory for the home side. The game, corresponding to matchday 33 of the Championship, was marked by intensity and questionable discipline from both teams. Sunderland opened the scoring in the 32nd minute thanks to a goal by W. Isidor, assisted by D. Ballard. However, Leeds reacted in the final stages of the match. First, P. Struijk scored in the 78th minute, assisted by J. Rothwell, to equalize. Finally, the same Struijk scored again in the 90th minute, also assisted by Rothwell, sealing the victory for the home team. The match was full of yellow cards: three for Leeds (Tanaka, Bogle, and Firpo) and six for Sunderland (Isidor, Bellingham, Hume, Cirkin, Patterson, and O’Nien). Despite the possession disparity (66% for Leeds), Sunderland had more shots on target (6 vs 4), but Leeds’ effectiveness in clear chances was decisive.
Substitutions leeds: at minute 71 J. Rothwell came in and I. Gruev went out., at minute 71 P. Struijk came in and A. Tanaka went out., at minute 79 L. Ramazani came in and M. Solomon went out., at minute 79 M. Joseph came in and B. Aaronson went out., at minute 90 S. Byram came in and J. Firpo went out.
Substitutions sunderland: at minute 76 E. Mayenda came in and W. Isidor went out., at minute 76 S. Abdul Samed came in and C. Rigg went out., at minute 86 I. Poveda came in and P. Roberts went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Leeds
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